Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-27
To be continued.
A WAR ROMANCE.
A Millionaire Seotehman's Legacy TO Cal
liant Union Soldier
New Yzrk World.

A Millionaire Seotehman's Legacy TO Cal
liant Union Soldier.
New Yqrk World.
Ont of the many vicissitudes and hap
neninps of the late war thrilling and
romatic tales have been woven. This
romance in real life, though unlike the
most of them in point of fiction, in few
weeks will have pleasant sequel in which
a snuo little portion of Scotchman's
millions, $4,000, will be transferred to
Louis Granger, a well known down
town business man, colonel in the late
war on the Union side. The Granger
family in the COS was one of the most
nroninent in Boston. Louis Granger
was quite young man, but good hight
er, and he soon rose. During the cam
paign in the Red River country of Loalsl-
ana, he was made captain and acting AID
de. camp on the staff of General Ullman.
While acting in the compaclty OF Assist
ant Adiutant General, he made the &C
onaiptance of a wealthy Scetchman,
Iemuel Stockbridge, a cotton Spectator,
who resided in Cincinnati, and rev
months before had started South to buy
cotton. Anticipating a long stay ne
broupht with him his wife, whose health
had been shattered by protracted illness.
With his wife ne travelled through the
South, buying cotton, and when MS ouSi-
ness was nearly concluded found himself
in the heart of the Red River section'
confronted with the unexpected difficult
ties in the shape of
PASSING THE FEDERAL LINES
and reaching New Orleans. just pre-
vious to his arrival orders were issued Tor
the closing of the lines. Both hlmseit
and wife were strangers. Her healtn was
becoming worse. While going around IN
his efforts to get away, he became ac-
auainted with Captain Granger ana MS
wife. Captain Granger at once learned
the difficulty the Scotchman was involved
in. With his wife, he administered 10
the relief and comfort of Mrs. STOCK
bridge. Granger than prevailed on Gen
eral Uliman to consider the embarrassing
position of the Scotchman, and III snort
time obtained permission for them 10
pass the lines. 1t was SIX months later
when Captain Granger obtained a lea'e
of absence, and, with his wife, started lot
Cincinnati. At New Orleans he boarded
a Mississippi steamboat, and, to his sur
prise, found the StOckbridges among his
fellow passengers. At point IN Louisl-
ana, as the vessel was rounding bend III
the river, it was fired on by Contederates,
and again Captain Granger rendered vars
able services to them. Both ne ana MS
wife administered to the suferlngs OF
Mrs. Stockbridge. The Boat arrived
safely in Cincinnati, and the two tainliles
parted. That was the last time captain
Granger ever saw the ScOtchman. After
the war came to a close Captain Granger,
with the rank of Colonel, went South TO
live. and in 1866 his wife died IN New
Orleans. Stockbridge, after aecumulat-
ing
FORTUNE OF S3,OO0,000
want To Scotland and died there III 1874,
leaving large estates, which consisted
principally of sugar and cotton planta-
lions in the Sonth. In his will the Scotch
man e-calIed tho timely services render
ed him by Captain Granger and directed
that the sum of $4,000 cash be paid TO
the Captain. If Granger's wife was still
alive, he adds in the will the sum of SO,
900 should be paid to her, and IN the
event of her being dead the entire sum
should revert to the gallant Captain. lhs
attorneys set about to discover the where
abouts of Granger. Advertisements were
inserted in the New York, Chicago, and
San Francisco papers asking Tor lntor
nation regarding his whereabouts. After
year of waiting they received no reply,
and ascertainIng Granger family resided
in Boston, wrote them. The Boston
Changers, in turn, communicated Win
Colonel Cranger's mother, who IN burn
wrote to her son in this city, the Colonel
in question. He placed the matter IN
the hands of his attorneys. After many
months of correspondence between the
respective lawyers in this city and Scot
land, the identity of Colonel Granger has
been fully established, and In few more
weeks the money will be paid over to
him. Colonel Granger is engaged IN the
mining and marble business IN this CITY
and is a well known man about town.